grievous

They were such as are common to young men, and none of them very grievous.

Now Congress has an opportunity to right that grievous wrong.

I will not be long or grievous to you, sir.

Most grievous of all was that he had no respect for his father.

"He will think that this is a grievous thing in your eyes."

We know that grievous are being set for your faith.

Death in battle is perhaps the most final, but the least grievous.

I will not do it, though the lack of this story is grievous.

It seems to me a grievous loss that such a man should have all his work cut short.

It is in my service this grievous hurt came to you.

The truth, no matter how grievous, is the only way to prevent similar things in the future.

Strikes are always grievous and this one was particularly so.

That would be a grievous blow to world trade and growth.

The most grievous part was the eating and the drinking.

Wrong, grievous and dreadful, has been done to you both.

Poverty and poor health are grievous problems for many communities.

I never imagined things would come to so grievous a pass this year.

This is a grievous time for me and my family, so you are doing us all a great service."

It gave me no joy to bring this grievous news to council.

Only then did his body seem to realize the grievous harm it had been done.

None of them, I think, had expected that her punishment would be so grievous.

But to say no would be a grievous breach of tradition.

Many of us will feel this is a grievous omission.

"I think you have made a grievous error," she said.

"This is a grievous loss to our community," he wrote.